Orchard Bound
We had the wonderful opportunity to take the family out to Martin’s Hillside Orchard a couple of weeks ago. We’d heard their raspberries were ripe and ready. We hadn’t ever picked raspberries at any orchard, so why not!
Unfortunately, Trev was unable to join us. He was off having fun at an overnight birthday party. Our nephew was in town, so we thought he might like the outing as well.
They have quite a few raspberry plants, some that had many fruit on them, others that were picked completely. Most branches had a mixture of very ripe fruit to very green.
I’ve been contemplating whether to plant them in my garden or not. It seems to me if I can go to the orchard and have an abundance to choose from, makes more sense as they take up quite a bit of space. Space is very precious in town.
While we were picking, the boys were busy doing more fun things. They managed to find quite the garden spider.
I remember when I was young we lived by a ditch with very tall grass. I used to spend my summers going from web to web feeding the spiders grasshoppers, crickets, or whatever we could find.
We looked a bit to try to find some food for our friend, to no avail.
We all had a wonderful day picking and munching. What a great way to spend an afternoon.
Just noticed you posted recently. I hope to check this place out next year. Looks like a quaint place to go! And looks like you all had a good time!